Africa

The fibers of contemporary African art interweave with the patterns, textiles, and sands of the past.

Troops of the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army have reportedly secured parts of Tripoli, run by a U.N.-backed government in danger of collapse.

Another four years of Trump could doom the Republican Party for good, says former Arizona Senator Jeff Flake.

"This is the worst disaster in Mozambique's history," one aid organization told Newsweek.

The president should not allow a few China hawks wreck America's crucial relationship with an entire continent.

The singer Akon wants to give young, business-minded developers in Africa a way to create the digital future.

The NBA hopes to raise the profile of the game on the continent.

A note explaining the need for the new bill read: "Information shared by soldiers on the internet or mass media is used...in certain cases to form a biased assessment of Russia's state policy."

Discovery pushes back the date of our ancestors leaving Africa by thousands of years.

Study of shark carcasses discovered in 2017 indicate the presence of "super predator" killer whales.

The incident sparked outrage from parents, students and alumni.

In an inflammatory rally, populist Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio of Italy blamed France for the migration of Africans to Europe and demanded that the European Union impose sanctions on the country.

The White House ordered 80 combat-equipped troops to Gabon over concerns related to violence in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo.

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi put forward the suggestion that physical education should be included as a core component of education across the country, but he has drawn criticism for the way he presented his remarks.

El Hadji Hamidou Touré was reportedly abused on the orders of a government official.

Two people are killed by elephants on average each year in the area around the national park located in Thailand.

One group of journalists said "No to the desecration of the revolutionary land of Tunisia," while in Egypt the crown prince was accused of killing Jamal Khashoggi.

As the U.S. seeks to rearrange troops to confront Russia and China abroad, the two powers are growing their presence in Africa.

Recent estimates show that more than 200 million women and children around the world have undergone FGM.

Some elephant bird species grew to heights of around 10 feet tall and could weigh up to 1,800 pounds.

"She's doing fantastically, really good. She's doing a great job," Trump said of his wife in a Fox News sit-down interview.

"If the current change in Ethiopia is headed equally by both men and women, it can sustain its momentum and realize a prosperous Ethiopia free of religious, ethnic and gender discrimination," Sahle-Work Zewde said.

Years of intensive fieldwork and meticulous museum study have revealed the new species in a case of mistaken identity.

Congo's second major Ebola outbreak this year is thought to have killed 118 people.

Like her husband, Melania Trump also questioned the reliability of anonymously sourced reporting.

Melania Trump's motorcade also passed by a "Melania Me Too" sign during her first major trip abroad without her husband.

Donald Trump reportedly "caused a bit of a stir" onboard Air Force One when he saw his wife watching CNN in July.

"She is hoping to visit the countries to learn what their challenges are," the first lady's spokeswoman said.

"Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?" Trump is reported to have said during an immigration meeting earlier this year.

The European shipowner announced that the pirates kidnapped 12 of the 19 crew onboard as hostage in the Gulf of Guinea.